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Not to be confused with John Adams (composer) or John Luther Adams.

John Clement Adams (born November 28, 1947, in Attleboro, Massachusetts[1]) is an American composer and educator.

Biography

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He studied music at Harvard, receiving a B.A. in 1969 and a Ph.D in 1982.[2][3] His teachers included Leon Kirchner, Earl Kim, Ivan Tcherepnin, and Tison Street. His thesis was the composition Electric Wake. He continued studies at Tanglewood with Jacob Druckman, Alan Stout, and Seymour Shifrin. In 1972 he became a faculty member of the Boston Conservatory, and retired in 2001 as chair of the composition department.[4][5] He was also a visiting lecturer at Harvard.[6]

Among his awards include the B.M.I. Award in 1970, the Margaret Grant Award from Tanglewood in 1974 (when he was a composition fellow[7]), and the 1979 UMass/Boston award in music composition (which resulted in performance at the 2nd annual Harbor Festival "Winds and Airs - Music to Celebrate Spring" on UMass Boston's campus in April 1979).[4][8]

Some of his compositions have been published by Schirmer.[9] Among his students are Steven David Stalzer,[10] Bonnie Cochran,[11] William Eldridge,[12] Robin Baker, Gary Lloyd Noland,[13] Yuriko Kojima,[14] Pasquale Tassone,[15] Hau-yee Ng,[16] Alejandro Madrid,[17] and Hayato Hirose.[18][19]

Other composers named John Adams

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There are at least two other composers named John Adams, which has led to several points of confusion, including mistaken festival programming and incorrect authority control attributions: John Coolidge Adams (who goes professionally by John Adams), and John Luther Adams. Further complicating the matter is that both John C. Adams studied at Harvard at the same time, including having had their theses overseen by Leon Kirchner.[7][20][21][22][23]

Selected works

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  • Kyrie and Sanctus, date unknown, for SATB chorus[4]
  • Some keep the Sabbath going to Church, date unknown[24]
  • Klein[e] Kammermusik, op. 24 No. 2, date unknown, in three movements[25]
  • Overture to Oberon, for baritone, chorus & orchestra, date unknown[26]
  • Piano Trio, date unknown, premiered April 23, 1993, by Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble at First & Second Church[27]
  • Study (Dolls and Dreams), 1966, for violin and piano[4]
  • Er Kommt, 1967, for piano (played inside with mallet and pick)[4]
  • Moment, 1967, for piano[4]
  • Seven Canons, 1968, for clarinet and bass clarinet[4]
  • Electric Wake, 1969, for soprano, speaker, & string quartet (all amplified), harp, celeste, piano, percussion. Based on poems from Jeffrey Hamm's Talley Felt The Rain.[4]
  • Genesis, 1970, a cantata for 3 SATB choruses, flute, 2 string orchestras, organ based on text from the Book of Genesis.[4]
  • Piano Sonata, 1970, premiered 1974 by Alfred Lee[4]
  • For Tomorrow, 1971, for chamber orchestra[4]
  • Three Pieces, 1971, for piano (Prelude; Reflections I; Reflections II), premiered by Chandler Gregg[4]
  • Five Songs, 1972, for soprano and piano, text by the composer, premiered by Elizabeth Parcels and Barbara Kautzman at Tanglewood in 1974.[4][28]
  • Band, 1973, for wind ensemble.[4]
  • Chambers, 1974, for saxophone, piano, chamber ensemble[4]
  • Ibidem, 1974, for piano 4-hands, premiered at Boston Conservatory in 1974 by the composer and Alfred Lee.[4]
  • Trio, 1975, for flute, cello, and piano. Premiered in 1975 by Alan Greenberg, Michael Czitrom, and Peter Helms.[4]
  • Variations, 1976, for piano and orchestra, dedicated to Alfred Lee, premiered by Lee with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1977.[4]
  • Sonatina, 1977, for piano, premiered by Alfred Lee[4]
  • Aria, 1979, for flute. Dedicated to Daniel Riley, premiered by Riley in April 1979 at Boston Conservatory[4]
  • Sonata for cello and piano, 1979, dedicated to Mark Simcox, premiered in 1979 by Simcox and Alfred Lee,[4] published by Schirmer in 1987[9]
  • String Quartet, 1980, in 7 movements[4]
  • Dream dances, 1981, for flute, clarinet, guitar, and cello.[29]
  • Quintet, 1981, for woodwind quintet[4]
  • Violin Concerto, 1982, his Harvard PhD thesis, dedicated to his eventual husband Thurston Smith, premiered April 17, 1992, by Victor Romanul with the Berkshire Symphony in Chapin Hall, Williams College[30][31][32][2]
  • Symphony, 1984, premiered February 24 1985 at the Sanders Theatre by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston.[33][34]
  • Five pieces for guitar, 1991[35][17]
  • Caprice for Flute and Piano, 1986, a commission from the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition in Boston.[6]
  • Fantasy, 1986, for piano[35]
  • Four Pastoral Pieces, 1986, for organ[36]
  • Two songs, 1988, for soprano and piano, settings of "Spring and Fall" by G. M. Hopkins and "The birds begun" by Emily Dickinson[29][37][38]
  • Heine Songs, 1988, settings of Aus den Himmelsaugen, Dein Angesicht, Die Linde blüte, and Fragen,[39] for high voice and piano. Premiered in May 1988 by the Boston Chamber Music Society (resident ensemble of the Boston Conservatory).[40]
  • Nocturne, 1988, for piano, flute, cello, and violin[29]
  • Eight views for piano, circa 1988/1989, premiered March 5, 1989 in Paine Hall at a concert celebrating Leon Kirchner's 70th birthday, featuring works composed for the occasion by 14 other of Kirchner's former students.[38][41][37][42]
  • Diversion for Seven Flutes, 1989, premiered April 13, 1989, at Boston Conservatory's Seully Hall[43][44]
  • Fantasy duo for cello and percussion, 1996[45]
  • Three Lyric Pieces for Violin and Piano, 1997, premiered by Victor Romanul and Janice Weber on April 6, 1997, at First & Second Church.[46]
  • Affirmations, 1998, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, premiered December 4, 1998, by Robert Honeysucker, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra and Chorale[47][3]

References

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  1. ^ "ccm :: Adams, Clement Adams, John Clement Adams". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ^ a b Adams, John Clement (1982). Concerto for violin and orchestra. OCLC 659852513.
  3. ^ a b "Cheap thrills". The Boston Globe. 1998-12-03. p. 113. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Linda Solow; Mary Wallace Davidson; Brenda Chasen Goldman; Geraldine Ostrove, eds. (1983). The Boston composers project: a bibliography of contemporary music. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-02198-6. OCLC 9576366.
  5. ^ "Boston Conservatory Honors". The Boston Globe. 2001-04-08. p. 246. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. ^ a b "Commissions". The James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  7. ^ a b "Tanglewood Holds Its 50th Celebration of Contemporary Music - The New York Times". The New York Times. 2022-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. ^ "Second Annual Harbor Festival". The Spectator, University of Massachusetts at Boston. 2 (10): 2. April 18, 1979.
  9. ^ a b Hinson, Maurice; Wesley Roberts (2021). The piano in chamber ensemble: an annotated guide (Third ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-05674-0. OCLC 1260192498.
  10. ^ Music from the Society of Composers Region 1 (New England) (PDF) (Concert Porgram Notes). University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance. October 7, 1995.
  11. ^ "BIO | Bonnie Cochran, flute". www.bonniecochran.net. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  12. ^ "William Eldridge - Bio". billeldridge.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  13. ^ composergarynoland. "gary lloyd noland: composer, pianist, WRITER, theorIST". gary lloyd noland: composer, pianist, WRITER, theorIST. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  14. ^ "Yuriko Kojima". Columbia University Department of Music. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  15. ^ "Pasquale Tassone". www.ecspublishing.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  16. ^ "NG Hau-yee Poly 伍巧怡 | Hong Kong Composers' Guild". HKCG 香港作曲家聯會. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  17. ^ a b John Clement Adams, Five Pieces, retrieved 2022-10-19
  18. ^ "Hayato Hirose". Retrieved Oct 18, 2022.
  19. ^ "John Clement Adams", Wikipedia (in German), 2022-10-15, retrieved 2022-10-19
  20. ^ Johnson, Timothy Alan (1991). Harmony in the music of John Adams: From Phrygian Gates to Nixon in China (Thesis).[page needed]
  21. ^ "ISNI 0000000027371283 Adams, John Clement". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  22. ^ "6285149368806585980005". viaf.org. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  23. ^ "WolrdCat Identities: Adams, John Clement". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  24. ^ An evening of premieres: in honor of Daniel Pinkham, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. OCLC 39983515.
  25. ^ Klein[e] Kammermusik Op. 24 Nr. 2 / (in three movements) / John Clement Adams. Come again! sweet love doth now invite ; Flow my tears / John Dowland. Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 / Heitor Villa-Lobos. Three by three / Robert W. Jones. Divertimento no. 2 : (from five Divertimenti for two clarinets and bassoon, E. [i.e. K.] 439b / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. OCLC 33981372.
  26. ^ Overture to 'Oberon' / for baritone, chorus & orchestra / John Clement Adams. Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 / Antonin Dvorak. OCLC 40880623.
  27. ^ "Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble". The Boston Globe. 1993-04-18. p. 254. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  28. ^ "Elizabeth Parcells In Memoriam". www.elizabethparcells.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  29. ^ a b c "Works Selections". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  30. ^ Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tanglewood Music Center yearbook, 2002. Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives. Lenox, Mass. : Boston Symphony Orchestra.
  31. ^ "Season Finale". The Berkshire Eagle. 1992-04-16. p. 27. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  32. ^ "World premiere by Berkshire Symphony". The Berkshire Eagle. 1992-04-20. p. 23. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  33. ^ "Pro Arte Orchestra goes Parisian". The Boston Globe. 1985-02-26. p. 65. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  34. ^ Chase, Scott I. (March 1, 1985). "Pro Arte energetic, satisfying" (PDF). The Tech. Vol. 105, no. 7. p. 9. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  35. ^ a b "Faculty composers concert / John Clement Adams, Chris Rozé, Larry Bell". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  36. ^ Adams, John Clement (1986). Four pastoral pieces. OCLC 20231780.
  37. ^ a b "New life for some neglected works". The Boston Globe. 1991-08-31. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  38. ^ a b "Faculty composers concert: Larry Thomas Bell, John Clement Adams, Chris Rozé". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  39. ^ "Heine songs | J. Adams | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  40. ^ "Attractive new works by three local composers". The Boston Globe. 1988-05-02. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  41. ^ "archives.nypl.org -- Leon Kirchner papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  42. ^ Riggs, Robert (2010). Leon Kirchner: Composer, Performer, and Teacher. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-58046-343-0.
  43. ^ "The Boston Conservatory presents The New Music Ensemble / Alec Wilder [and others]". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  44. ^ "Faculty composers concert / John Clement Adams, Larry Bell, Chris Rozé". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  45. ^ "Cascades : (1994) / Su Lian Tan. Tango / Astor Piazzola. Trilogy : (1995) / Augusta Read Thomas. Fantasy duo for cello and percussion : (1996) / John Clement Adams. Preludes / Ruth Crawford Seeger. Preludes: (1923) / George Gershwin". researchworks.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  46. ^ "Chamber Players show their chops". The Boston Globe. 1997-04-08. p. 53. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  47. ^ Adams, John Clement. Affirmations: for baritone, chorus, and orchestra. OCLC 63689283.
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